Question

There are 16 girls and 12 boys in Mrs. Holland’s music class. She would like to make groups in which the boys and girls are evenly distributed to each group. What is the greatest number of groups she can create? How many boys and how many girls are in each group? Show your work!

Answer 1

Answer:

4 groups

3 boys and 4 girls in each group.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total boys =12

Total girls =16

Greatest number of groups =HCF of 12and 16

HCF=4

total no of groups =4

No. of boys in each group =12/4=3

No. of girls in each group =16/4=4

Answer 2

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Step-by-step explanation:

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